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Arkansas child bitten by skunk tests positive for rabies virus
Posted: Apr 08, 2015 4:39 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 09, 2015 7:46 AM EDT
RANDOLPH COUNTY, AR (KAIT) - A Pocahontas child tested positive for rabies virus after skunk bite.
Officer George Pratt said the incident is the first human rabies case he's seen since he started working for Pocahontas Animal Control in 2008.
?He shot the skunk 3 times and he thought it was dead,? said Pratt. ?He went to reach down to pick up the skunk and it came up and bit him in the hand.?
Pratt said the child then ran inside his grandparents' home to tell them what happened...
Arkansas child bitten by skunk tests positive for rabies virus
Posted: Apr 08, 2015 4:39 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 09, 2015 7:46 AM EDT
RANDOLPH COUNTY, AR (KAIT) - A Pocahontas child tested positive for rabies virus after skunk bite.
Officer George Pratt said the incident is the first human rabies case he's seen since he started working for Pocahontas Animal Control in 2008.
?He shot the skunk 3 times and he thought it was dead,? said Pratt. ?He went to reach down to pick up the skunk and it came up and bit him in the hand.?
Pratt said the child then ran inside his grandparents' home to tell them what happened...